The Intuituve Eater

So I'm about 2 lbs away from my monthly goal.  I haven't worked out in about a week, but I have been on plan for 3 days after the visit to my parents. I've realized the most important part of losing weight is staying focused.  If you fall off the wagon get up. If you are tilted to the side, get straight, but keep going.  The worse thing you can do is stop trying.  Over all I only lost 2 lbs, but I recovered from the bad weekend and my period came so all the days I stayed on plan meant I didn't have this huge gain. Stupidly proud of myself. Something else weird happened this week. I usually drink ice coffee, but its pricey, so I bought starbucks pre-made ice coffee.  I ended up having this weird sugar headache.  I ate food, thinking I wasn't eating enough.  After 2 hours I had a pack of oreos and it went away after about 40 min. The next day I had no coffee and no issues.  It makes me think there is something with the starbucks coffee...

 One of my favorite movies, no idea why. I'm a grown woman and I love it.  I'm afraid I'll lose motivation and fall off the wagon and be back where I was, so Im considering another dietbet.  The other side is if I lost it might cause me to fall off. Blah...not sure what to do On the other side of life I had a Scale and non scale victory. I had oreos (6) yesterday and my ankles seemed like they were swollen which usually means a gain, but I didn't my usual after friday cheat and I did a fitness glo strength workout.  I didn't finish it, I wasn't in the mood for the floor work. Anyway, I assumed I had gained..nope down to 360.6. I think I'll wait till after this week to see how I feel about dietbet. I think I'm hanging out 3 days in a row.  Keeping my fingers crossed I had a realization about fitness glow.  I tried to do a level 3 workout and it wasn't horrible, but I felt like I had to modify too much.  I realized they don't have ...

Diet bet is over tomorrow.  As of this morning I was 361.8, I needed to be at 362.5 to win.  Nervous, but happy I finally got to win one.  With that being said, I won't be doing a dietbet next month. I feel like I have an unhealthy obsession with the scale and I was starting to try and starve myself to my goal weight (359). I was talking with a co-worker who said he didn't get on the scale just stayed focused for a month.  I was jealous.  I get up every morning and weigh myself 2-3 times to see how low I can get. I think dietbet was great at jump starting my journey again and keeping me focused, but I need to just leave it alone for a bit. For February my goal is 8 lbs, if did dietbet it would be 14, which would be awesome, but not sure how doable it is, or how scale obsessed I would become. The other issue is, I might be in a plateau from losing so quickly.  16-17 lbs in a month is a lot, even at my size. I've been sitting around 361 for a f...

So yesterday I experimented with eating and I'm reminded there is no one size fits all for weight loss.  Yes at the end of the day it calories in vs calories out, but my body does different things from others and something from what I think it will do. Anyway, so I had gained 1.6 lbs in a day after staying on plan.  I ate late in the night, so Thursday I did pretty much the same thing except I didn't eat after 4pm. I usually weight myself as soon as I get up a 4am so that is a solid 12 hours for my body to deal with everything. I had my usual breakfast, tunafish for lunch.  I had a hunger headache again, which I thin is related to my homemade ice coffee. Its made up of 3 cups of coffee.  I think its supressing my appetite and then when it finally wears off all the hunger comes shooting back.  I am going to try and go back to the star bucks stuff I can buy at the super market. I didn't eat lunch till 1 or 2 and then I was ravenous.  The tuna fish took ...

So my plan was to double up on one of the workouts so I could try them all in the first week before I start over on monday AND get a rest day in between That is the face I'm making at myself.  My legs are a lil sore from leg fix and my arms and sides are still recovering from upper fix. I did cardio fix and I jogged rather than do mountain climbers or burpees.  Then she said bonus..come on you know you want to do the bonus round....Um yeah no I really don't This is an exact recreation of my face...off went amber, no cool down, no 200 do not pass go... So I'm sure someone is reading this like you won't get the maximum effect...I don't care...one of the things I've learned if forcing myself to do the thing I hate (not just don't like) is going to lead to me avoiding them in the future and gaining the weight back.  Its a fine line.  No I didn't do mountain climbers or burpees or the bonus round (i did it yesterday), but I got up ...

So I haven't posted in a long time..Mostly because I just didn't want to report yet another failure.  Since my last post I've switched jobs, joined NYHRC and lost 16 lbs.  I know its not a lot..but I'm definitely proud and I'm sticking to my own weight loss plan.  Official Start date was June 16th.  I'll go into more detail later, but basically a mix of Low carb and paleo.  I think a big things has been joining the gym.  Its pricey and because of this I feel obligated to get as much use as possible out of it. They have a bunch of gym in manhattan and I take their classes.  They kick my butt, but I stick it out.  When I first started going I was intimated being the only big person I ever saw..but I feel better, I pay my dues and Eff it is people don't like it. I also think I'm becoming the annoying person who loses weight..so I'm going to blog more so I stop annoying people. Life is awesome.

Well I finally feel like I am getting it. I seem to do IE naturally on the weekend and I lost weight and this isn't with a whole lot of exercise.  SO the problem seems to be my eating during the week.  I am going to calorie count for my food during the day at work.  I also bought some lean cuisines, but they are mind of sucky expecially after eating my own food, but I want to know whats going on during the week. I also bought a game called Walk it out for the Wii.  I am not counting it in my exercise minutes, but it is a work out.  I am trying to do 5000 steps whenever I play it.  My motivator right now is unlocking stuff as you walk, right now i am working on the music So I am at the point where I would extend my workout, but I am going to keep it 60 min mon,wed, and fri.  I think thats enough and I remember last night it seemed to take forever.  I should be done with my min way before the end of the month and I'll up my min to 600. 347 AFTE...

So yesterday I ate my lunch as usual and wanted some chocolate.  The candy jar was empty and the vending machine didn't have anything.   I had to go out at lunch and I meant to get a dark chocolate bar, but forgot so finally I was done running around and still wanted chocolate (3 hours later), so I ended up buy a bunch of truffles from an expensive place.  I spent like 10$ blah.....I should have just had one mini and called it a day.  In scale news I of course am a glutton for punishment and got on the scale today.  I told me self...Self...fuck the scale, lol I am not going to sit and cry if I didn't go down or if I gained. I'm 350.  I didn't whoop with joy, I smiled and came here and reported it for my pat on the back.  That was with the 2 junior burgers saturday night, a small drink sunday night and the chocolate.  I have to go out to dinner tonight and this will motivate me to stay on plan. Oh yeah and my ankles are back to normal,...

WOW can't believe I have posted anything since Jan.... Well here is a quick recap. I'm not engaged and I've tried on and off half heartedly to get back on the wagon, but nothing has really stuck.... I think I'm probably 360 right now, but we'll see. I 'am going to get on the evil scale on the 1st. Anyway what got me motivated is my ankles swell if I sit too long...and I say a picture of someone much bigger than me and realized if I didn't do something it was just going to get worse. At first they would swell and then go down once I put them up like when I got in bed. Now they just stay swollen. Also I'm going to an event in a week or two and I don't want swollen ankles. So back I am So here are the rules. No eating out Mon-Fri No Soda No french fries No popeyes no white castle no burger king Count my calories. So lets start with that and see where I go I started working out and the goal is 500 min between now and Aug 1. 6/27/2010 - 20 min walk fi...

Funny usually I don't post when I am doing badly, but I have been doing pretty ok. The bet with my girlfriend has been working. I am pretty conscience about what I eat and having been doing much better. I have 10 days, so I should be ok, no makor holidays or anything. This week I am eating out alot, but the key to that seems to be swapping out side dishes for salad or veggies even if it costs more and not getts really saucy stuff. I have had popyes and stuff, but rather than mash potatoes and red beans ans rice and a buscuit and 5 chicken stripes and a drink. I get 2-3 little wraps and a possible drink. I know it is n't good, but it breaks up the monotony of salad and I practice about portion control. Anyway, I seem to be doing ok.

So its friday and as usual this is the day I REALLLY don't want to work out...so I said ok I won't do the really hard work out I planned...I'll do a WATP and belly butt and thighs...The sweat was pouring off of me. LOL So watp 2 mile - 20 min belly butt and thigs, no belly, and no floor work - 15 min I am going to TRY to do something easy tomorrow morning...We'll see. not getting on the scale today...still basking in the 332. So lets talk about food...yesterday I forot to pack my lunch so I had 1 english muffin glass of milk salmon salad lots of salad dressing (blah) sushi so not great but not bad either.

So I wasn't supposed to get on the scale until suday, but I jumped on anyway...332...have to say I wanted to cry...Feels nice when all the eating right and excercising pays off. Before I got on the scale my motivation was being able to go to an amusement part and get on a roller coaster. while I was in orlando. So Happy. can't wait to see the 320s You don't have to excercise for 2 hours to lose weight. I did cardio infernio...all the cardio..only one weight section Jari love slim and lean squats and biceps. I will add back next week. I haven't been builind up to my 90 min I used to do and I think those days are gone. I feel like I challenged myself and I got in a good workout which I think it more important that excercising for hours. We'll see.

So this week I tried to make better choices...no trying to plan the whole day just better choices. I was hungry one night going home and knew I would have about 2 hours before i got home and by the time I go home ...normally I would have picked up a crossaiant (400 calories) and i really am not a fruit person and never will be, but that is coming later. So I figured out ok I don't want fruit which would have been the asy choice but I didn't really want and I don't wanna waste of calories...So I picked out a chicken pest salad for 200 calories. I think I am going to make that for one of my meals this week. I ate out twice this week, and it wasn't the greatest. One NSV that did happen was, whenever i go out with my girlfriend from work she never finishes her food and she offeres it for me, nad even if i've been doing good, I feel like I fall off the wagon, but then eating her food too. Well this time I was kinda lusting for what she had (chef salad) but I said...

So I only worked ounce this week. So that was disappointing. Between warcraft and work just didn't been getting enough sleep and not wanting to get up and do it. So I was avoinding the scale...well I am 332. WOO HOO. So the thing that DID happen was I was pretty consistent on eating. I haven't talked about it in a while but I have been focusing on eating intutively...It doesn't happen all the time, but I try and keep to it. Also i have no idea how many calories I've had, but most of the food I've made myself. When I wanted ice cream rather than buying a pint of ben and jerrys i bought klondike bars. I didn't buy the low cal 100 cal. There were 220 a pop, but even if I ate for which I came close to at one point it didn't add up to the whole ben and jerrys. Also as a rull I tried to have veggies with all my meals. So I went out to dinner yesterday and I did over eat, but I asked them to not give me rice and beans. I had rice and salad with my backe...

So now have so many months i am finally back to being motivated, so I get on the scale and in only lost 1 lbs 335 (i was 336 on wednesday i think...will look back and prev entries). Anyway, So I was all disappointed and had almost talked myself out of working out. But I remember when I first started...all I wanted was to be lower than I was at 1lb, so i got that...The goal here is to stay focuesed and make better choices. So I only did walk and job which was ok, but I am going to do a major workout tomorrow morning... The other thing is , I need to work on my food. I am definitely better about not eating stuff I shouldn't. I was late for work and almost talked myself into a few things, but I ended up having ice coffee and a choclate donute...which wasn't the best choice (but the lesser of the evils) so this week I will go back to caring stuff in my bag that I can eat just in case and caring fruit. Either way. I FEEL better and I did lose the 1 lbs...woo hoo....I am going o...

So I had a bad day at work yesterday and I ended up staying late and we get a free meal when we do that (yeah you can see where I am going with this). I was hungry but all I had in my bag was 2 grapefruits and a 100 cal snack which didn't interest me at all. So I was thinking about ordering, but ended up get a bag of chips out of the vending machine (150 cal) I was ok and then I got home and ate dinner. So when I got home from my bad day I decided to get on the scale to see where I am at. I figured if I wasn't down no point in spoiling a good day when I had a perfectly good bad one today. So I got down and I was 320 (5/8/2008). So since May 2 (7 days) I've lost 5 lbs and which I can't say I was a strict in my dieting it is working. I think it is more due to the addition of weight in some way with every work out. Next weigh in is May 15th so wish me luck. So on to the averages part. I weighed myself last night and I was 320 I got up this morning and peed and passe...

6/23/2007 Hey everyone, well something interesting happened. I mentioned I took "break" from all things weight loss related, no exercise and no calorie counting, but I did kind of stick to my IE. It was more unconscious than anything. SO I decided to weight myself so how much I had gained and I lost 6 lbs in about a week. I feel almost like a science experiment. I honestly think is was a combination of IE and the weights I had been doing. Anyway, trip to Jamaica is in less than a month and I start buying clothes next weekend. Glad to see Everything is working out for you Carol. 6/20/2007 Hey ladies, I took a break for a week or so from everything related to weight loss. I won't say I feel off the wagon because I kind of felt I needed a break. I didn't over eat, but didn't exercise. Anyway I'm back at it woo hoo. Nice thing I have been trying on close in a 24 and they are ok. Also enjoying having more options to shop at. Looking forward to hitting my goal of an...

Posted on 3fc I really must be pmsing badly today. I am crying while I write this because I lost 3 lbs. Silly I finally just couldn't take it anymore and got on the d*** thing and couldn't believe it was right. It is finally starting to happen....slowly, but it is happening. I know it is only 3 lbs, but I think it means I am doing something right. I was also stressing because the muffin I was eating was 500 calories not 200 and I was eating one everyday. I am not a calorie counter, but I like to have an accurate idea of what I am putting in my mouth. Anyway. I just have to say thank you to everyone who has put up with me, especially this week. I really couldn't have even gotten this fat without you all. I don't think I will have an emotional breakdown every weigh in, but just happy it is finally coming together. I have been doing IE since about Aug 2006 and only "plan" I have stuck to. Ok I could ramble on through the tears, but I am going to stop.